Angie Craig: “23 states, district of Columbia, others, says that they have…”

“And that's the problem that we confront. Yeah, that's absolutely the case. And that's exactly what the lawsuit that was filed across this country by, you know, 23 states, district of Columbia, others, says that they have an absolute legal responsibility to use the contingency fund to fund SNAP. That we have never seen a lapse in funding of SNAP during a government shutdown previously. And they also have the authority, Secretary Brooke Rollins, to move additional money over to make sure that not a single child in this country goes hungry.” (28:14–28:27)

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